Hours: 37.5 (3 Months)
Reporting to: Store Manager

The Role:
As a Deputy Manager you will be responsible for a strong team, you'll be tasked with driving forward both turnover and revenues from the store based on lean principles. Keeping a close focus on financial KPIs, including wages, wastage and shrinkage will form a key element of the role, together with non-financials such as customer service/feedback, internal audit and standards and compliance.
What you will get from us:

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  Fantastic training to help you complete your role and be the best you can be, with the option to continue your development into a more senior role, if you choose to progress within the business
• A great Team to work with where you can progress and make a difference at all levels
• An opportunity to complete an apprenticeship in Retail
• Ongoing incentives to reward your performance
• Company Pension scheme
• Apprenticeship scheme to continue your development
• Generous discount at TPRG and on our amazing benefits hub

What will you do?

• Confidently and professionally handle customer complaints and difficulties and ensure all colleagues understand the importance of driving customer loyalty
• Drive a culture of excellent customer service ensuring all team members engage with customers enthusiastically, establish customer needs and help them to purchase by matching products to those needs through the application of a high level of product knowledge whilst highlighting relevant promotions and upselling
• Ensure the store team understand all sales and KPI targets and are supported to exceed them whilst identifying and improving performance issues where required
• Manage and minimise all controllable costs efficiently and within planned budgets
• Build strong relationships with store peers and Retail Support departments to effectively deal with matters concerning stock, layout, promotions, training, development and employee relations
• Recruit, develop and retain high calibre colleagues that reflect the Ryman and TPRG Values and Behaviours.
• Ensure the effective planning of store resource in order to profitably operate the store within agreed budgets
• Drive a culture of coaching and development within the store

Who we are:
Henry J Ryman, founder of Ryman, opened his first store in London at Great Portland Street in 1893, and there is still a store there today. Ryman is part of Theo Paphitis Retail Group, which comprises Ryman, Robert Dyas, Boux Avenue and the London Graphic Centre.

Ryman is committed to the unlearning of unconscious bias, diversity and inclusion long term, which will remain a key focus for all aspects of our business and operations. From our product production in our supply chain to our extensive workforce, we aim to be transparent in our efforts to become a thriving, diverse and inclusive place to work.